THE contractor of the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines' (USTP) unfinished P200-million building project is asking the Commission on Higher Education (Ched) to look into the controversial project and review why the project was halted.
Commissioner Ronald Adamat of the Commission on Higher Education (Ched) was appointed as the new head of the Board of Regents (BOR) after resigned Ched chair Patricia Licuanan relinquished the Bor post in the aftermath of the still unsolved killing of USTP president, Dr. Ricardo Rotoras.
In his letter dated January 28, Wing-An Construction and Development Corp. president Selwyn Lao has requested for review and re-investigation of its claim.
Lao wants the new BOR chair to look into Wing-An's rightful claim of 60.55 percent work accomplishment in the amount of P65 million, extortion of 10 percent, illegal pre-termination of contract and intentional withheld of payments.
Such grounds, Lao said, had prompted him to file a series of complaints against Licuanan, slain USTP president Ricardo Rotoras and lawyer Jonathan Oche, the university's vice president for administration and legal affairs.
The Manila-based contractor said his previous letter-request for re-investigation December last year, which was addressed to the new USTP president officer-in-charge Rosalito Quirino, remains 'un-responded and ignored'.
Lao said he wants all the people involved be summoned during the fair and impartial re-investigation for the sake of transparency.
He said all the documents including the alleged recommendations stipulating the grounds for the contract termination including the evaluation of the supposed 39 percent work done should be thoroughly checked and reviewed.
"Kailangan mare-investigate para mabuksan yan once and for all at magbabasi na sa mga documents di pwedeng mga salita lang ni Oche,"Lao said.
Lao said whether the BOR decides to have Wing-An continue the project or reaffirm the termination of contract, he would ask the school to pay a penalty amounting to roughly P15 million.
"The only way para maka-recover kami either tapusin namin ang project or i-terminate nila pero magbabayad sila sa amin ng penalty,"Lao said.
"Kami ang mag-dedemand kasi sa ang losses namin dyan sa one year is more than P15 million na di na namin ma-calculate aside doon sa 60 percent na claim namin,"Lao added.
Lao said he has yet to receive a reply from Adamat.
